laurentayler

Thanks, that helped! Im getting so excited. THey told me the class was gunna be about 2 hours long, so Im so excited to be that much more educated by tomorrow.

So tomorrow is my first class/orientation. Im so excited, but i dont really know what to expect. Any advice, or ideas? Im getting all my insurance stuff, and my WW weigh in records, and everything put together right now so I make sure I bring everything I need. They told me to expect to be there about 2 hours or so. My appointment is at 7 am tomorrow. How is everyone doing, waiting patiently?

So my first appointment with my PCP was last monday. I was told id probably have to do a 6 month diet, but I am on WW so it would go back from the day I started WW. I left for a cruise on Thursday, and I already had a letter in the mail dated last Wednesday saying I was authorized to see the surgeon! Can you flippin believe that? I thought it would be late april or May that I could finally schedule an appointment with the surgeons office. Now my first orientation class is next Friday 4/3. Its 2 1/2 hours and they will by then be able to tell me what Ill have to do before seeing the actual surgeon! Im so happy I cant believe it. This is going so much faster then I expected!

I did my lab work today. then called the Dr. office and they said they had already put the request in. THe lab work will be one of the things on the list of things I have to do prior to seeing the surgeon. So I leave on thursday for my cruise, hopefully being gone will help keep my mind off of it and maybe sometime next week I will get word of all the things I gotta do before i get the referral!!! one step closer yay!

Hey guys, i have been a reader of all the threads for months, probably since october. I finally decided to write my first one. I had been a temp since September 4th and finally got hired on at my job on Feb. 17th. My insurance starts today, I will be calling tomorrow to choose my pcp and schedule an appointment. My company offers 5 health plans, 3 bcbs, 1 kaiser, and 1 pacificare. The only one that covers the surgery is pacificare so i chose my insurance just on the fact that they cover the surgery. I also am choosing my pcp solely on the fact that its in network of the surgeon i have decided on. So literally everything has been based around the surgery. and of coarse pacificare was the most expensive option so between health, dental, vision i pay $230 out of EVERY paycheck, and I get two paychecks a month! isnt that crazy? anyway, im a mother, wife, and hard worker! I have attempted losing weight all my teenage years and now into my 20's. I have ALWAYS been overweight. I know what to do, and I am a very determined person. I am on weight watchers for the 3rd serious time. 2 times before I lost 30 pounds and for some reason I can never get past that point. since Jan 7th this year I have lost 15 pounds and hopefully i will never have to get back to where I was. Im hoping to continue with WW until the surgery, and then still keep going on WW! I seriously think I will be doing WW forever, i love the things they teach you and how much it helps you understand whats going into your body. So I dont know how I should set this up, probably a blog, I just want a complete record of everything I have done with this journey. I will write back once I have the referral from my doctor to go see Dr. Leport in Fountain Valley!!

awesome news!!!! so im already guessing this will be a long one, but oh well haha. So i went to see my Primary for the first time today. I started to tell him i wanted lapband, and i told him why, and that I started WW on Jan 7th and Ive lost 18 pounds. of coarse he asked all the general questions, and talked about my family. Then after him having no emotion at all when speaking about him, i finally asked, "what do you think of the surgery?" all of a sudden he was all excited. He told me how much he loved it, and the results are great, and he thinks it would be awesome for me to do. I told him that I wanted Dr. Leport and he started to say that oh hes the best..... and I interupted him and said yea in the area right? he looked at me all serious and says, No, west of the mississippi. lol He said people travel from all over the world to see Dr. Leport. It made me feel soooo good. In the end he told me that my medical network typically requires a 6 month diet, but since I started WW in January and that is documented I can count that as the time i started so I have almost 3 months done now. He told me to go get my labs done and they will set up the referral. once he has my lab work back and makes sure I dont have any issues like thyroid or something, then he will submit it ASAP. Hopefully within the next couple weeks I get an answer saying what i need to do before I go see the surgeon. Im hoping i can get all the requirements done before seeing the Surgeon, so once I see him I can just schedule it then. It will be a long process, but I need to earn up my vacation time for the surgery, and I want to lose a good amount of weight by the time I have the surgery. Im sooooo excited because I got a good response, he could have said no you are too young, or no i dont support lap band, just keep going on WW or something like that. But he loves it! and he loves Dr. Leport!!!! yay!

I called today, im officially in the computers at Pacificare! the girl told me something not very nice! lol she said that in the end it is solely up to the medical group whether im approved or not. She didnt think that Lapband was covered but she knew that bypass was! I almost slapped that girl across the phone line. I was like no I chose this insurance only because I was told that you cover Lapband. she said that basically their job is done and they have nothing left of it. THey pay the medical group to manage my case so they dont have to deal with it. so if ADOC Fountain Valley decides to cover it, then im covered! Anyone else have ADOC-FV?

Hey guys, so I have a friend that had bypass, they gave her this card that she had a WLS surgery therefore she can order off the kids menu, and she can pay the childs price at a buffet. Have you heard of this? DO they give you something similar with Lapband? or do I sound like a crazy nut right now???? lol How is everyone doing today?

She was actually talking about carbonated, not caffeine. I have heard that the bubbles bother the stitching, and also that the gas in the carbonation might bloat up the pouch. not sure what the exact right answer is, but both sound a little irritating on a newly sewn patch. I would think that later after a couple months one, every once in a while should be fine. but probably not in the begining.

Oh awesome, so Im not nuts!!!!! lol

Good luck thats awesome!!!! Keep in touch!

wanted to let you guys see my stats.... Insurance started 3/1 First appointment with PCP to get referral 3/16

To tell you the truth im not sure what the 3 plans were that were offered. As soon as I got word that I was getting hired on i asked our benefits cordinator which insurance plans covered lap band, she said only the pacificare plan covered that. So guys, I called yesterday and made my first appointment with my new Dr. THe receptionist asked what the purpose of the visit was and I told her that I wanted the Dr. to give me a referral for Lap Band to Dr. Leport. She was like OK thats awesome we will see you then!!! I leave for a cruise on 3/19, and my Dr. appointment is for 3/16, so Im hoping by the day I set sail I will have the approval and I can make my appointment with Dr. Leport for when I get back, maybe, just maybe!!! lol WW meeting tomorrow, we shall see how much I have lost since last week.

I am looking at most of your stats that just got banded and I am shocked!! It gives me some awesome hope! I start my journey tomorrow when I will call and make my appointment with my pcp to get the referral. The surgeon told me that after I start seeing him, it will probably be between 8-12 weeks! So I think its awesome that just over a month ago you were waiting on approval! congrats guys and I will be reading to find out more updates from you guys!